Jobs there is every day. U. S. President orders u. S. Troops to come home from afghanistan. The move is drawing fire from americas nato allies including germany. Plus, two fatal crashes kept it grounded for two years. After months of scrutiny, the boeing 737 max has been cleared to fly again. Im brent goff. To our viewers in pbs in the United States and around the world, welcome shade we begin with politics and the pandemic. Lawmakers in berlin have voted to give the German Government new powers allowing it to introduce restrictions to tackle the coronavirus. The german president signed the bill into law this evening. It takes effect tomorrow. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets today to protest as politicians debated the legislation. Water cannon and pepper spray deployed by paris by police to disperse demonstrators. Thousands gather near the German Parliament building. Many in the crowd not Wearing Masks or maintaining social distancing. They were protesting against corona
Becoming the next president he has 264 Electoral College votes 270 needed for victory. Is making false claims that if only legal votes were counted hed win the election he says legal challenges may end up in the Supreme Court christine salumi has more from philadelphia joe biden ahead in pennsylvania by just over 5000. 00 votes thats a 10th of a percentage point still a very close race here but the ballots are continuing to be counted particularly here in philadelphia where biden has been winning 87 percent of the vote that lead is expected to expand as it does the president has been attacking the poll workers here the credibility of the county and launching legal challenges House Speaker nancy pelosi has already called joe biden the president elect while lashing out at donald trump. It appears that the trump administered will use its final moments in office and the desperate last step to destroy every possible protection for American Health and well being so many people have said to m
Tallied. In other news the u. N. Calls for an immediate deescalation intentions as ethiopias Prime Minister calls in troops into the tikrit province following an attack on a military base. Welcome to the program democratic candidate joe biden has extended his lead in the closely fought race for the white house after flipping michigan and wisconsin which donald trump now only won 4 years ago by now has a projected total of 264 Electoral College votes while donald trump has 214 now remember that the magic number to become president is 270 here in yellow you can see the state still in play nevada in the western georgia and North Carolina in the south and up here is pennsylvania donald trump has launched a legal action in several states over the votes still being counted. Lets look at georgia 1st in extremely close race bear Donald Trumps initial lead has been certainly falling now its just over 30000. 00 votes and thousands of absentee ballots are still to be counted were expecting more d
A recount in wisconsin and filed lawsuits in key states as his path to victory narrows. From supporters converge on Voting Centers in michigan and in arizona calling for a suspension of counting for postal ballots. So it is 700. 00 g. M. T. That is 2 am in the u. S. State of georgia that is one of several battleground states where the result of choose days president ial election remains in the balance take a look now at live pictures from atlanta that is georgias capital city folk counting still ongoing there is an extremely close race in the traditionally republican state and Donald Trumps initial lead has been steadily falling the u. S. President has repeated unsubstantiated claims that there were major issues with voting in ballot county georgia is one of several states where republicans are fighting legal challenges over the election. Well trumps claims regularities have sparked protests by his supporters in new york and in Arizona Police officers in phoenix could be seen preparing
Demands a recount of wisconsin and files lawsuits in other key states as his path to victory narrows. The tram supporters converging on Voting Centers in michigan and in arizona calling for the counting of the postal ballots to be suspended. So it is 800 g. M. T. That is 3 am in the u. S. State of georgia that is one of several battleground states where the result of tuesdays president ial election remains in the balance have a look at these live pictures coming in from atlanta which is georgias capital city thats where vote counting still ongoing stream a close race in this traditionally republican state and Donald Trumps initial lead has been steadily falling the u. S. President has repeated unsubstantiated claims that there were major problems with voting and ballot counting in georgia is one of several states where republicans are filing legal challenges over the election at trumps claims of a tea regularities sparked protest by his supporters in arizona and in other places Police